English
Kanne
Kanne comes from German Kanne ‘jug, pitcher, pot, can’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *kannǭ.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*kannǭ‘a tankard, mug, cup, can’reconstructed
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350kanne
- Germanc. 1650–presentKanne‘jug, pitcher, pot, can’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*kannǭ‘a tankard, mug, cup, can’reconstructed
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350kanne
- Germanc. 1650–presentKanne‘jug, pitcher, pot, can’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Germanic *kannǭ ‘a tankard, mug, cup, can’
Today it means
name A surname from German.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *kannǭ / Kanne